misidentification.

An error in recognizing a person, object, or condition as something else.

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Words that belong together

• witness misidentification
• mistaken identity

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Witness misidentification weakened the prosecution's case.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular misidentification; plural misidentifications. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.